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Road to Realignment

North American Anglicanism is undergoing a realignment that affects every Anglican and Episcopalian today. The following is a timeline of the key events, actions, and statements during this realignment. If you want to find out more about a particular event, simply click on corresponding link. 

 

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS & STATEMENTS

The Kuala Lumpur Statement from
the 2nd Anglican Encounter in the South

(2/15/97)

Lambeth 1.10

(Resolution from 1998 Lambeth Conference)

Communiqué from the Primates' Meeting
in Portugal in March 2000

(3/28/00)

Pastoral Letter and Call to Prayer from the
March 2001 Primates Meeting in Kanuga, NC

(3/8/01)

Primates Report from April 2002 Meeting ACC-12
Resolution on Province-wide and Communion-wide Consultation 
                                                                           

(9/26/02)

Pastoral Letter from the Anglican Primates,
May 2003

(5/27/03)

AAC Response

(5/28/03)


CRISIS COMES TO A HEAD: ROBINSON’S ELECTION & PRIMATES’ RESPONSE
(June 2003-November 2003)


Election, Confirmation & Consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire   
 

AAC Response to Robinson’s Election 

(6/7/03)

Breakdown on Bishops’ Votes for Gene Robinson

(8/6/03)

Orthodox Bishops Statement on Confirmation of Gene Robinson

(8/5/03)

Anglican Mainstream Statement on Confirmation of V. Gene Robinson

(8/5/03)

Statement from Archbishop Akinola on the Election of Gene Robinson

(8/8/03)

Statement from Archbishop Venables on Robinson’s Election

(8/8/03)

Province of South East Asia Response to Robinson Confirmation

(8/13/03)

AAC Response to Robinson Consecration

(11/2/03)

Bishops Statement of Objection to the Consecration of Gene Robinson

(11/2/03)

Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury Following the Consecration of Gene Robinson                    

(11/3/03)

Statement of the Primates of the Global South in the Anglican Communion

(11/3/03)

Official List of Participants in Robinson’s Consecration

 

 
Primates' Meeting – October 2003

Statement by the Primates of the Anglican Communion Meeting at Lambeth Palace           

(10/16/03)

AAC Response

(10/17/03)

Fact Sheet: What the Primates Said

 

FAQs About the October 2003 Primates Meeting and Statement

 


LAMBETH COMMISSION/WINDSOR REPORT & FORMATION OF NETWORK & COMMON CAUSE
(October 2003-November 2004)

Lambeth Commission Announced: The Mandate and List of Members

(10/28/03)

AAC Press Release: Anglican Communion Network Launched

(1/20/04)

Global South Primates Strongly Back Network

(2/7/04)

Archbishop of Canterbury Supports Network’s Place Within ECUSA

(2/9/04)

Forward in Faith Puts Support Behind Network

(2/12/04)

Statement of the Global South Primates, Nairobi, Kenya – April 2004

(4/16/04)

Common Cause Partners Announce Commitment

(6/17/04)

The Anglican Communion Network Outlines Presentation to the Lambeth Commission

(6/22/04)

Archbishop Drexel Gomez’s Statement to the Lambeth Commission

(7/6/04)

Statement of East Asian Bishops on the Crisis and Future of the Anglican Communion

(10/6/04)

The Windsor Report

(10/04)

AAC Response

(10/18/04)

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Windsor Report

(10/18/04)

Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold: A Word to the Church – Some Preliminary Reflections Regarding the Windsor Report 

(10/18/04)

Forward in Faith North America Press Statement on Windsor Report

(10/18/04)

Statement on the Windsor Report by Archbishop Peter Akinola, Primate of Nigeria

(10/19/04)

Anglican Mainstream Responds to the Windsor Report

(10/19/04)

Statement by the Primates Standing Committee

(10/20/04)

Statement from Oxford Gathering of International Leaders

(10/21/04)

Nicea and the "Invasion" of Bishops in Other Dioceses

(10/23/04)

A Statement from the Primates Gathered at the First African Anglican Bishops Conference Held in Lagos, Nigeria, October 2004

 

(10/28/04)

A Guide to the Windsor Report 

(11/9/04)


PRIMATES’ DROMANTINE COMMUNIQUE AND BEYOND
(February 2005-Present)


Primates' 2005 Meeting-June 2006:

The Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting, February 2005 Dromantine Communiqué

(2/24/05)

AAC Response

(2/24/05)

“To Set Our Hope on Christ” Presented by U.S. Episcopal Church at Anglican Consultative Council Meeting

(6/21/05)

AAC Response

(6/22/05)

Orthodox Motion Carried in ACC Secret Ballot Vote

(6/22/05)

AAC Response

(6/22/05)

A Third Trumpet from the South: Communiqué from the Third Anglican Global South to South Encounter

(10/30/05)

AAC Response

(10/31/05)

Communiqué from the Global South Primates Steering Committee Meeting at Singapore, 6 Feb 06

(2/17/06)

Archbishop of Canterbury Sets Out Thinking on Lambeth Conference 2008

(3/9/06)

AAC Response

(3/9/06)

Bishop of Exeter's Reflections Offered to the House of Bishops of ECUSA

(3/22/06)

Report by the Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion

(4/7/06)

AAC Response

(4/18/06)

The Choice Before ECUSA (Bp. N.T. Wright, Durham)

(6/14/06)


Post-General Convention 2006:    

An Open Letter to the Episcopal Church USA from CAPA

(6/22/06)

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury: “The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today: A Reflection for the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Communion”

(6/27/06)

AAC Response

(6/27/06)

Communiqué from Global South Primates Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, Sept. 19-22

(9/22/06)

The Road to Lambeth

(9/22/06)

AAC Response

(9/22/06)

Report of the Communion Sub-Group

(2/15/07)

AAC Response

(2/15/07)

Primates' 2007 Dar es Salaam Communiqué 

(2/19/07)

AAC Response

 (2/23/07)

Archbishop of Canterbury Pastoral Letter to the Primates

(3/5/07)

TEC HOB response to Dar Es Salaam Communique

(9/25/07)

AAC Analysis of HOB Response

 


Post-September 2007 TEC House of Bishops Meeting     

Common Cause Partnership begins "new ecclesiastical structure" in North America            

(9/28/07)

Diocese of Pittsburgh Begins Secession from TEC

(11/2/07)

Diocese of Fort Worth Begins Secession from TEC

(11/17/07)

Diocese of San Joaquin Secedes from TEC

(12/9/07)

Common Cause Leadership Council Meets in Orlando Florida

(12/18/07)

GAFCON Issues Jerusalem Declaration

(6/29/08)

2008 Lambeth Conference

(7/16/08 - 8/3/08)

Diocese of Pittsburgh Secedes from TEC

(10/4/08)

Diocese of Quincy Secedes from TEC

(11/8/08)

Diocese of Forth Worth Secedes from TEC

(11/15/08)

  

 

Anglican Church in North America - Present

Anglican Church in North America Begins

(12/3/08)

Primates Meeting; Alexandria, Egypt

(2/5/09)

 

GAFCON Communiqué issued - ACNA recognized

(4/16/09)

ACC 14 Rejects Covenant 

(5/1/09)

Anglican Church in North America Inagural Assembly - +Duncan installed as Archbishop

(6/22/09 - 6/26/09)

General Convention 2009 repeals moratorium on Homosexual Bishops/ Same-sex blessings

(7/7/09 - 7/17/09)